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For the first time in 20 years, as Supervisor Rob Brown retires, District 5 voters will have the opportunity to pick a new leader to serve as county supervisor.
As a long-term Kelseyville resident, I want to emphasize the importance of picking the right candidate – one that will set the direction for the future.
This county is at a tipping point – our financial position is dire and we still face high risk from multiple disasters. Our new supervisor must be able to act decisively on both of those top priorities and more.
How can we judge the candidates' abilities?
I would suggest you take the time to view the District 5 candidates' forum held by the Lake County News on Feb. 19.
The only candidate who has a true mastery of the facts is Jessica Pyska. She also has a strong track record of accomplishments to prove that she not only has the knowledge but she also knows how to form alliances – locally, statewide and at the federal level, inspire communities and utilize innovative solutions that work.
Please vote for Jessica Pyska on March 3.
Nancy Rhoades lives in Kelseyville, California.
As a long-term Kelseyville resident, I want to emphasize the importance of picking the right candidate – one that will set the direction for the future.
This county is at a tipping point – our financial position is dire and we still face high risk from multiple disasters. Our new supervisor must be able to act decisively on both of those top priorities and more.
How can we judge the candidates' abilities?
I would suggest you take the time to view the District 5 candidates' forum held by the Lake County News on Feb. 19.
The only candidate who has a true mastery of the facts is Jessica Pyska. She also has a strong track record of accomplishments to prove that she not only has the knowledge but she also knows how to form alliances – locally, statewide and at the federal level, inspire communities and utilize innovative solutions that work.
Please vote for Jessica Pyska on March 3.
Nancy Rhoades lives in Kelseyville, California.
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As voters from District 5, it has been interesting to watch the various candidates – all with very different backgrounds, throughout the run-up to the March 3 primary election.
Each touches on issues they believe are important to voters and provides the solutions they believe would work best.
One of the candidates can provide much more detail on a broad range of topics. Her experience shows. She has been dealing with the various levels of local and state government for the past four and a half years on the priority issues for Lake County – fire protection and recovery and ramping up the devastated economy. She has shown her ability to bring grant money to the County.
Additionally, she has attended every Board of Supervisors meeting for the past eight months, met with the heads of all the county departments and built strong relationships with the county supervisors and state officials and talked to hundreds of Lake County residents.
One issue that particularly tells the story is fire insurance, which is indeed a big problem for our County – not just for homeowners, but for the ancillary real estate industry businesses, and for all those who would like to move to Lake County – another blow to our hard hit property tax rolls.
One of the candidates sent out a mailer recently stating, “I will use my years of business experience to take on the big insurance companies and renegotiate fairer rates for Lake County homeowners.”
The more experienced candidate has been in constant contact with our state Assembly member and senator who represent Lake County reporting the devastating impact of the fire insurance cancellations and increases.
In researching the issue, she discovered that a Lake County zip code had been omitted from the mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance companies non-renewing policyholders in certain areas of the state.
She immediately notified Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry and State Sen. McGuire who represent Lake County and asked them to do all they could do to correct the error. She received assurances that they would take the matter to the state insurance commissioner. A couple of weeks later, a revised list was issued including the once-omitted zip code.
Getting things accomplished to improve the lives of Lake County residents comes from building strong partnerships with all who have a part to play, not by going it alone. Relevant experience counts.
Please join us in voting for Jessica Pyska for District 5 supervisor. Her extensive list of endorsements from organizations and individuals spanning all political ideologies demonstrates that her partnerships are already strong and she will be effective from day one for all members of her district and Lake County.
Harry and Roberta Lyons live in Lower Lake, California.
Each touches on issues they believe are important to voters and provides the solutions they believe would work best.
One of the candidates can provide much more detail on a broad range of topics. Her experience shows. She has been dealing with the various levels of local and state government for the past four and a half years on the priority issues for Lake County – fire protection and recovery and ramping up the devastated economy. She has shown her ability to bring grant money to the County.
Additionally, she has attended every Board of Supervisors meeting for the past eight months, met with the heads of all the county departments and built strong relationships with the county supervisors and state officials and talked to hundreds of Lake County residents.
One issue that particularly tells the story is fire insurance, which is indeed a big problem for our County – not just for homeowners, but for the ancillary real estate industry businesses, and for all those who would like to move to Lake County – another blow to our hard hit property tax rolls.
One of the candidates sent out a mailer recently stating, “I will use my years of business experience to take on the big insurance companies and renegotiate fairer rates for Lake County homeowners.”
The more experienced candidate has been in constant contact with our state Assembly member and senator who represent Lake County reporting the devastating impact of the fire insurance cancellations and increases.
In researching the issue, she discovered that a Lake County zip code had been omitted from the mandatory one-year moratorium on insurance companies non-renewing policyholders in certain areas of the state.
She immediately notified Assemblymember Aguiar-Curry and State Sen. McGuire who represent Lake County and asked them to do all they could do to correct the error. She received assurances that they would take the matter to the state insurance commissioner. A couple of weeks later, a revised list was issued including the once-omitted zip code.
Getting things accomplished to improve the lives of Lake County residents comes from building strong partnerships with all who have a part to play, not by going it alone. Relevant experience counts.
Please join us in voting for Jessica Pyska for District 5 supervisor. Her extensive list of endorsements from organizations and individuals spanning all political ideologies demonstrates that her partnerships are already strong and she will be effective from day one for all members of her district and Lake County.
Harry and Roberta Lyons live in Lower Lake, California.
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In the 1930s America suffered a nationwide banking disaster. Tens of millions were unemployed, hungry, homeless or without health care. Elderly people lived in poverty, with no hope for a dignified old age. People felt hopeless. They lost faith in a system that had cruelly abandoned them.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected in those desperate times. FDR's radical vision was for people to live Free from Want, and Free from Fear.
FDR enacted the New Deal, a program founded in the ideals of democratic socialism – good-paying jobs for all, good education for all, banking reforms and regulations to prevent another disaster brought on by unfettered greed, Social Security so our elderly could live their golden years in dignity, public works programs to build dams, bridges, roads and other infrastructure … the list goes on and on.
He was attacked, of course, by the elites. His response? "I welcome the bankers' hatred."
Far from bankrupting the country as the elites forewarned, his programs restored the economy and started us on a path of unparalleled prosperity that created a large, thriving middle class and made homeownership a dream-come-true for most Americans.
This story is personal for me. My parents were born and raised in poverty. Both dropped out of high school so they could help their struggling families survive. Both got their first jobs with the WPA, FDR's Works Progress Administration, established by Executive Order on May 6, 1935. The WPA employed 8.5 million people between 1935 and 1943. Those good-paying jobs and the educational opportunities offered by New Deal programs helped my family out of poverty and into the middle class. I grew up on stories of my dad laboring on construction projects as a teenager, and my mom, at age 16, working for a government project to bring telephone lines to rural households.
Today, we are once again struggling after a banking disaster. And once again, we have a champion ready to lead us to a better future.
Bernie Sanders’ Green New Deal, or GND, will build on what FDR started (and regain ground lost to the wealthy elites over the past 50 years). Sadly, our nation's infrastructure is in terrible disrepair due to many decades of neglect. Bernie's GND will improve roads and bridges, but it will also upgrade our energy grid to green, renewable energy. His works program will create 20 million jobs, lifting people out of poverty while also addressing the climate crisis.
His GND has detailed plans for transitioning workers and communities, including fossil fuel workers, who won't just be re-trained but also immediately EMPLOYED, perfecting their new skills on the job.
Bernie's GND will save American families money with investments in home improvement via weatherization and solar energy, public transportation, modern infrastructure and high-speed broadband.
Bernie's GND is committed to reducing emissions throughout the world, rejoining the Paris Agreement, and reasserting the United States' leadership in the global fight against climate change.
Bernie's GND invests in conservation and public lands to heal our soils, forests, and prairie lands.
And, like FDR's programs, Bernie's GND will pay for itself, within 15 years. It will be a rising tide that lifts all boats. All will benefit.
You can read details of his plan on his website at berniesanders.com
As Bernie Sanders says: "The climate crisis is not only the single greatest challenge facing our country; it is also our single greatest opportunity to build a more just and equitable future, but we must act immediately."
Deb Baumann lives in Upper Lake, California.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt was elected in those desperate times. FDR's radical vision was for people to live Free from Want, and Free from Fear.
FDR enacted the New Deal, a program founded in the ideals of democratic socialism – good-paying jobs for all, good education for all, banking reforms and regulations to prevent another disaster brought on by unfettered greed, Social Security so our elderly could live their golden years in dignity, public works programs to build dams, bridges, roads and other infrastructure … the list goes on and on.
He was attacked, of course, by the elites. His response? "I welcome the bankers' hatred."
Far from bankrupting the country as the elites forewarned, his programs restored the economy and started us on a path of unparalleled prosperity that created a large, thriving middle class and made homeownership a dream-come-true for most Americans.
This story is personal for me. My parents were born and raised in poverty. Both dropped out of high school so they could help their struggling families survive. Both got their first jobs with the WPA, FDR's Works Progress Administration, established by Executive Order on May 6, 1935. The WPA employed 8.5 million people between 1935 and 1943. Those good-paying jobs and the educational opportunities offered by New Deal programs helped my family out of poverty and into the middle class. I grew up on stories of my dad laboring on construction projects as a teenager, and my mom, at age 16, working for a government project to bring telephone lines to rural households.
Today, we are once again struggling after a banking disaster. And once again, we have a champion ready to lead us to a better future.
Bernie Sanders’ Green New Deal, or GND, will build on what FDR started (and regain ground lost to the wealthy elites over the past 50 years). Sadly, our nation's infrastructure is in terrible disrepair due to many decades of neglect. Bernie's GND will improve roads and bridges, but it will also upgrade our energy grid to green, renewable energy. His works program will create 20 million jobs, lifting people out of poverty while also addressing the climate crisis.
His GND has detailed plans for transitioning workers and communities, including fossil fuel workers, who won't just be re-trained but also immediately EMPLOYED, perfecting their new skills on the job.
Bernie's GND will save American families money with investments in home improvement via weatherization and solar energy, public transportation, modern infrastructure and high-speed broadband.
Bernie's GND is committed to reducing emissions throughout the world, rejoining the Paris Agreement, and reasserting the United States' leadership in the global fight against climate change.
Bernie's GND invests in conservation and public lands to heal our soils, forests, and prairie lands.
And, like FDR's programs, Bernie's GND will pay for itself, within 15 years. It will be a rising tide that lifts all boats. All will benefit.
You can read details of his plan on his website at berniesanders.com
As Bernie Sanders says: "The climate crisis is not only the single greatest challenge facing our country; it is also our single greatest opportunity to build a more just and equitable future, but we must act immediately."
Deb Baumann lives in Upper Lake, California.
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I am voting for Lily Woll because of her attitude.
Her personality is large and boisterous; she will get the job done.
Lily has traveled the world, run a business, understands the challenges Lake County's ordinary citizens, as well as business owners, face.
She doesn't pretend to know what she doesn't; she is not a politician.
Maile Field lives in Cobb, California.
Her personality is large and boisterous; she will get the job done.
Lily has traveled the world, run a business, understands the challenges Lake County's ordinary citizens, as well as business owners, face.
She doesn't pretend to know what she doesn't; she is not a politician.
Maile Field lives in Cobb, California.
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